The Tour Challenge, known as the HearingLife Tour Challenge for sponsorship reasons, is a bonspiel, or curling tournament, which is one of the Grand Slam of Curling events. It was introduced into the Grand Slam lineup starting in the 2015–16 curling season.[1]
| Tour Challenge | |
|---|---|
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| Established | 2015 |
| 2024 host city | Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island |
| 2024 arena | Bell Aliant Centre |
| Purse | CAD$175,000 |
| Current champions (2024) | |
| Men |  Bruce Mouat |
| Women |  Kerri Einarson |
| Current edition | |
The event features a men's and women's draw, and is split into two tiers of 16 teams each, Tier 1 and Tier 2.[2]
From 2022 to 2023, the format consisted of four pools, where each team played all four of their games against the four teams of another pool. The top 8 teams overall made the playoffs. In 2023, tiebreakers were dropped.[2] In 2024, the event became a triple knockout event[3] for the first time.
The top 16 teams on the World Curling Federation team ranking qualify for the Tier 1 event, while the next top 16 teams qualify for the Tier 2 event. The winning team at the Tier 2 event qualifies for another Grand Slam, the Canadian Open.[2]
Past champions
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References
edit- ^ "About the Tour Challenge". grandslamofcurling.com. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
- ^ a b c "HearingLife Tour Challenge Format and Qualification". grandslamofcurling.com. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
- ^ "Eight Ends: All you need to know for the 2024 HearingLife Tour Challenge". Sportsnet. Retrieved September 30, 2024.